Summer is almost over and schools are going back. The holidays began well and the Abingdon Outdoor Pool became very popular until the second week of August when the weather became more typically mixed.
The blooms in Abingdon this summer have added colour as they always do, thanks to the town and district councils who still see them as important.
Nothing very different from previous summers with a mixtures of hanging baskets
and flowers beds. It has been pointed out by some that there are no blooms in the Abbey Shopping Centre this year. That would be for Scottish Widows to decide as they run the precinct.
One bed that was different this year was near the Outdoor Pool – planted by the Carbon Cutters with flowers to feed bees. I took a picture of it being planted on the day the Open Air Pool opened. Today was the last chance for a swim in the outdoor pool and the sunflowers have fed lots of bees.
I think the flowers this year, especially those down by the river, have been superb.
The Town Council also planted a pollinator friendly bed this year – it is the one on Stratton Way directly opposite the exit from the multistorey car park
The flowers by the loos at Abbey Meadows were fantastic – I much prefer them to the flowers planted around town. Sunflowers always make me think of the end of the summer.
They do a great job!